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Édouard Frédéric W. RICHTER (1844–1913) Actress in a red cos…
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Édouard Frédéric W. RICHTER (1844–1913) Actress in a red cos…
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Description
Édouard Frédéric W. RICHTER (1844–1913)
Actress in a red costume
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated 1878 in the lower right-hand corner.
H_32 cm W_25 cm
Born in Paris in 1844, Édouard Frédéric Wilhelm Richter was a French Orientalist painter. He initially enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague before completing his training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, where his teachers included Ernest Hébert and Léon Bonnat.
Our portrait appears to be a reduction of a salon painting from 1876, which features in a large composition by the artist (dated the same year) and was sold at Christie’s on 24 October 2007 (lot 128).
‘What a piquant Mephistopheles this is, with a flamboyant red hue from the tip of his cock’s-feather pen right down to the tips of his poulaine shoes! Beneath the bodice, or the purple corset, we discover a beautiful, heaving bosom that is in no way masculine, any more than the hips, pelvis and thighs of this charming, fanciful Mephistopheles, who would surely have had a very different influence on Faust’s life. ‘Congratulations, Mr Richter, on your good taste in this witty and charming quip.’ Excerpt from Théodore Véron, *Mémorial de l’art et des artistes de mon temps*. The 1876 Salon. (2nd yearbook), published by the author, Poitiers, Paris (1876), p. 66.
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